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Akhil Sivanandan
Akhil is the Co-Founder at Green Story. Akhil's experience as a market researcher and consultant includes strategic advisory for major global firms, companies in both the public and private sector, non-profits, and the government.
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Alex Lofton
A graduate student at Stanford and a life entrepreneur who originally hails from the Seattle area. Proudest of Peers, 270 Strategies, and electing (then re-electing) the President of the United States of America. Always pondering aloud, traveling, marveling at cities, and discovering nature's supremacy.
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Angelina Mertens
Angelina is the Head of Programming at Palo Alto Impact Center.
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Arjita Sethi
Arjita is a passionate Social entrepreneur who completed her masters in social entrepreneurship from Hult international Business School. She is the co-founder/CEO of Equally, which is Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to deliver equal education and equal opportunities to everyone around the world. It's first product is The School of Games, an intelligent learning game that teaches reading, writing, and arithmancy to children aged 2 to 7 years. It adapts to each child’s level to provide a personalized learning journey.
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Bessie Schwarz
Bessie Schwarz oversees partnerships and the development of social vulnerability science and practical tools for communities to understand who is most at risk based on social factors. Bessie is also the chief strategist at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC). As an academic field, climate change communication seeks to understand how individuals, communities, and societies come to recognize, care, and act on climate change. YPCCC develops and test scientific theories, and identifies more effective communication strategies and tactics to address this challenge.
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Beth Sirull
Beth is passionate about the idea that business can be profitable, sustainable AND a force for positive social change. Her skill set spans leadership, management, and all aspects of marketing/business development. A data-driven decision-maker, She have substantial research and analysis skills. She have significant experience in financial services, economic development, small business finance and development, impact investing and in creating and assessing social impact.
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Bracebridge Young
Bracebridge Young is the Chief Executive Officer of Eclat Impact. Prior to joining Eclat Impact in 2016, Young was Chief Executive Officer and a Partner at Mariner Investment group from 2000-2015. He joined Mariner directly from Goldman Sachs, where he retired as a Partner, after a 20 year career in Fixed Income in New York, Tokyo, and London. He serves as Board Chair of GWAVE, a wave based renewable energy company. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a coeducational day school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Social Finance, Inc., a Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing investment capital to drive social change.
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Brittany Dejean
Brittany is the Founder & Executive Director at AbleThrive.
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Carolina Salamanca
Carolina is the Founder & CEO of Baby Faves Organics What began one day as a dream is now a reality, a mark made with the heart, carefully developed under the highest quality standards and with the highest technology in manufacturing baby food in the world.
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Charles Batte
Charles was born in Kamwokya; one of the most impoverished slums in Uganda. Growing up in an environment characterized by lack of opportunity, poverty, crime, drugs and poor health, Charles harnessed a spirit of social responsibility and an insatiable desire to give back to his community. Before completing High school (2007) Charles designed the "Self-Sustaining Community" (SSC) model of enterprise to transform the community through; job creation, improving access and affordability for health, education and youth entrepreneurial empowerment.
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Christine Moseley
Christine is an entrepreneur at heart since the age of 17, Christine have founded several start-ups throughout her life, including a music education non-profit, which is still growing 14 years later. Additionally, she diverse experience at both Fortune 100 companies and high-growth start-ups across operations, business development and marketing has allowed me to help significantly grow food and beverage related businesses.
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Corinne Clinch
Corinne is interested in biomedical engineering and healthcare for resource-limited populations. That's what made her start Rorus Inc., a social venture designing new water filters.
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Cullen Schwarz
Cullen Schwarz is a cofounder and CEO of DoneGood. Cullen used to work as press secretary and spokesman for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and several Members of Congress. He still thinks being engaged in the political process and voting and stuff is really important. But he believes the greatest tool we have for change is already in our pockets--it's the dollars we spend. It's a supply and demand economy and the more we demand products made with a positive social impact, the more the market will provide them! Cullen and his friends started DoneGood to make it easier for people to find and support businesses doing the right thing and use their purchasing power to create change.
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Dana Stephenson
Dana is a lifelong learner and radical doer with an ability to inspire confidence and trust in even the most skeptical clients. His entrepreneurial journey started when he set a goal to graduate from the University of Victoria without student debt or parental support. While attending university full time, he worked as an outside sales representative for a variety of B2B/B2C sales & marketing and HR providers. Recognized for his performance, he was quickly promoted into management positions, giving him a view of growing organizations.
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Davide Cis
I design and manage software products that provide customers with powerful analytics and engaging visualizations of data. Davide combine his passion for financial technology with practical knowledge of quantitative finance to advice financial institutions around the world on the different aspects of financial risk with a focus on risk models for both equity and fixed income. He have been able to galvanize and lead team members stationed worldwide to execute projects on time and within budget.
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Deanna Van Buren
Deanna Van Buren is co-founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, a nonprofit harnessing the power of design and development to transform people and communities. After starting her first company in 2011, she became a national leader in formulating and advocating for restorative justice centers, a radical transformation of justice architecture. Her passion for exploring the intersection of design and culture has been fueled by her work as a design lead on urban design, institutional, and education projects in the Bay Area, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Recent projects with DJDS include the Syracuse Peacemaking Center in New York and Restore, a multi-use hub for restorative justice and workforce development in East Oakland, California. Deanna is currently conducting the first design studios with incarcerated students and is a recent awardee of the Rauschenberg Artist as Activist grant to develop a prototype mobile resource village. Deanna received her BS in architecture from the University of Virginia and her MArch from Columbia University, and is an alumnus of the Loeb Fellowship at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
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Eric Nelson
BS Finance & Economics (Santa Clara University). Interested in the intersection of business and sustainability Eric also loves when good business is doing good. His experience includes working as an Investment Analyst for an impact fund focused on developing markets and graduating from a Fortune 500 financial rotational program. Eric also is also a mentor at the Global Social Benefit Institute.
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Eric Shih
Eric Shih is the founder of Spendrise, an online platform for creating positive change at all the places you spend money. Previously, Eric was the chief strategy officer at Groundswell, a nonprofit social enterprise utilizing community purchasing power to expand equity and access in the clean energy economy, and he has also been a community organizer in the Bay Area improving environmental health and working conditions for low-income immigrant families. Eric received his B.A. from Stanford University and his M.A. from the University of Michigan; he currently sits on the board of the Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco and resides in Washington, DC.
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Eric Stephenson
Eric Stephenson is the Portfolio Director at the Cordes Foundation. He works to advance the Foundation's impact investing, philanthropic and field building work around women's empowerment and poverty alleviation. Prior to joining the Cordes Foundation, Eric served on the Fund Investments Team at Hamilton Lane and Global Leasing Group at Xerox. Eric earned his B.B.A. in finance from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and his M.A. from the University of the Pacific where he focused on finance in education and social entrepreneurship. He is an alumni mentor for Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), a New York based non-profit focused on educational and career programs for underserved and underrepresented communities.
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Frans Passchier
Since my teenage years, Frans have been involved in a broad array of enterprises. Frans have organised expositions, sports events, community events, organised group trips and, starting 2012, Frans co-founded Björn Agency with his sister Martine. They take pride in adding valuable services to the clothing industry with a dedicated team that shares values. Frans aim is to grow their business and - at the same time - help to reduce the carbon footprint of the fashion industry by supporting sustainable fashion.
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Gary Mao
Gary Mao is the Founder of TOTO Express. TOTO Express is a platform and education service that seeks to boost the income of the 200 million people in India who rely on handicrafts for their livelihood.
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Graham Gardner
Graham is the co-founder and COO of Civil Labs. Working with brilliant young people to make positive change in the community through entrepreneurship and food.
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Jacob Allen
Jacob is the co-founder and chief executive officer of pilotED Schools, an emerging identity-centered charter school in Chicago. Jacob’s passion for social justice and equality has routinely been at the center of both his educational and professional worlds—and it began when he served as the first Youth President for the NAACP of Wisconsin. Jacob is a graduate of the University of Washington. He is currently a NewSchools Venture Fund Fellow, a Kellogg Executive Scholar, and a former Camelback Ventures Fellow.
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Jason Noah
Jason Noah is Director of Business Development at DayOne Response. In this role, Jason is responsible for maximizing growth and revenue potential in both domestic and international settings. Jason joins the DayOne Response team with an array of professional experiences across the private and social sectors, most recently with a focus on startup success and global entrepreneurship promotion. Jason has worked with young startups in Egypt and Ghana, spending time with Flat6Labs, the premier accelerator program in the Middle East, and iSpace, a young co-working space in Accra.
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Jeff Shafer
Jeff Shafer is the consultant at TriLinc Global.
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Joy Basu
Joy Basu is Chief of Staff at TPG Growth based in San Francisco. Prior to joining TPG, Joy worked at McKinsey & Company. Joy received her J.D./M.B.A. from Stanford University and serves as a Security Fellow at the Truman National Security Project. She is also a member of the Board of Kupanda Holdings.
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Justin Kahn
An entrepreneur at heart, Justin has a knack for recognizing a need, creating innovative solutions and rallying a team of people who share a similar vision around the cause. He has been the driving force of TruClinic since it was merely a concept, and has successfully guided the company from development, to pilot, to rollout and scale. His goal for the company is pretty simple: make healthcare accessible to everyone.
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Justine Abuga
Justine Abuga, 24 years old living in Kenya. Justine is the co-founder of ECO-BORA company which produces biomass pellets that are used in households for cooking and powering boiler industries. Justine is passionate in the green energy space and through his design thinking and strategic business development skills Justine is working to change lives of people in his community by providing them with these green energy pellets.
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Kamal Alhmoud
Kamal is the Founder and CEO at Aster Company. Aster is the first company in the Middle East to provide the service of planting rooftop gardens as well as renovating existing gardens.
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Kate Cochran
Absolutely passionate about finding scalable, market-based solutions to social problems. General manager with deep experience in nonprofit operations, finance, impact investment and fundraising. MBA with over 15 years experience as a member of executive teams creating innovative solutions to global poverty. Experience leading teams, defining strategy and evaluating outcomes.
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Katia Gomez
Katia served as a District Chair for CARE USA, speaking to politicians in Washington DC and locally about the importance of empowering women and girls to conquer global poverty. In 2012, she was named one of “10 Heroes for International Day of the Girl” by TakePart.com and one of the Top 12 “Amazing Young Entrepreneurs Doing Good” by Forbes. In 2013, she was also named by Newsweek as one of the "Top 25 Women Under 25 in the World to Watch." She has been a featured speaker at youth conferences worldwide including: Millennium Campus Conference, Women Deliver International Conference, Hugh O Brian World Summit and Pangea. Katia earned her Master of Public Health from Boston University and her B.A. in International Studies from the University of California, San Diego. In 2015, she was awarded a social entrepreneurship fellowship by Ashoka. During Spring Break of 2009, she made her first trip to Honduras with a college volunteer group to work on water and sanitation; so began E2E.
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Lan Chi Luu
Dr. Lula Luu, formerly a nutritionist at Louisiana State University.
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Lisa Mattam
Lisa Mattam is widely recognized as a dynamic leader, inspiring speaker and consultant to business professionals across the globe. As founder of The Mattam Group, a management consulting firm specializing in Leadership, Organizational Development and Strategic Process, Lisa has been quoted on management and leadership issues in newspapers such as the Globe and Mail and on a variety of television media.
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Lynn Johnson
Lynn Johnson is a social entrepreneur and girl advocate dedicated to igniting a compassion revolution by putting girls center stage. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Spotlight:Girls, the producer of Go Girls! Camp. Based in Oakland, CA, Spotlight:Girls celebrates and activates girls and women through multi-media learning experiences, products, and events.
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Mayank Midha
Mayank is the Managing Partner at SnapEX Overseas.
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Mustapha Abokede
An open-minded Business Operations Manager with strong belief in practical on-ground innovation and partnerships as tools to help businesses grow. Comfortable with starting new ventures/projects; running pilots, optimizing and scaling same over time. Acumen Fund Global Fellow '13. Experienced business advisor with deep interests in clean energy, software/hardware hacking and The Nigeria Project. Passionate about solar energy adoption and innovative consulting models for start-ups looking to scale.
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Nat Ware
Nat is focussed on using entrepreneurial approaches and economic thinking to solve social and environmental challenges.
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Nick Quintong
Nick is the CEO and Co-founder PayGo Energy. Graduate of GE's Commercial Leadership Program.
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Paulina Olsson
Paulina is the Chief Marketing Officer at Peppy Pals.
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Rita Casimiro
Currently works for the Social Investment Lab, a social investment intermediary supporting social enterprises overcoming their financing needs through innovative instruments. Rita has been engaged in the first SIB in Portugal, in the area of education and am now involved in the preparation of a new SIB in the area of youth employability. She has also been providing investment readiness support to social enterprises in areas such as urban regeneration and families under financial distress. Prior to the Lab, she worked in several projects in Africa, namely in the areas of mobile banking and agriculture (with Aga Khan Foundation).
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Ruben Arias
Ruben is an Engineer and Edtech Entrepreneur. Specialist in designing, developing and evaluating technologies for education. Currently on board of my second entrepreneurial venture. Ruben have been involved for the past 7 years in both sides of "entrepreneurship table": as a member of advisory, policy-making and VC entities and as an entrepreneur. Ruben deeply committed to education since it's the most powerful tool for mankind development. Ruben work thinking and developing solutions about how technology can accelerate and amplify its impact.
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Sabrina Mutukisna
Sabrina has 10+ years experience in workforce development. Passionate about local food, social justice, and youth development.
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Sage Salvo
Sage Salvo is an entrepreneur and PhD Economics candidate. Sage has presented at the SXSW Conference (South by Southwest) twice in Austin, Texas, the TEDx MidAtlantic Conference in Washington, D.C., the DC Education Festival, and was a Keynote speaker at the last IB (International Baccalaureate) Americas Conference. Sage Salvo is the Founder and President of Words Liive, LLC and father of CLI, Contemporary Language Integration. Words Liive is an educational program based on the CLI methodology that Sage obtained an international provisional patent for.
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Sam Pressler
Sam Pressler is the Founder and Executive Director of the Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP). He is a 2015 Echoing Green Global Fellow and 2016 Halcyon Fellow, and has been recognized by Americans for the Arts in their Leadership Spotlight. In March 2016, he was named to the HillVets 100 list as one of the 100 most influential people in the veterans space. His work with ASAP has been highlighted on CNN, ABC News, the Washington Post, NPR, PRI The World, PBS, Soldiers Magazine, Military Times, Stars & Stripes, and Task & Purpose, among others.
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Sarah Spoto
Sarah is the MBA candidate pursuing marketing opportunities. Experienced in digital merchandising and brand marketing. Entrepreneur with a passion for social enterprise. Critical and strategic thinker with strong quantitative analysis skills and experience leading cross-functional teams.
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Siddharth Hande
Siddharth is a geo-spatial analyst, and an urban studies researcher by training. He is interested in urban planning, tech and social entrepreneurship. He is the founder of Kabadiwalla Connect, a social enterprise that works to send less recyclable waste into India's landfills.
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Sunny Williams
Sunny is co-founder of Tiny Docs, a healthcare/media startup that creates health cartoons that educate children and their families about surgical procedures and common health and wellness issues. You can find more information at www.tinydocs.co. The company does not measure its success in dollars and cents. Instead it measures its success in health outcomes and smiles. The goal of Tiny Docs is to make a billion people smile all around the world in one hundred languages.
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Tom Keleher
Tom is Deputy Director of Equity Investments at Oikocredit in The Netherlands where he provides leadership for the firm’s global equity investment activities. Tom is responsible for investments in the UK and manages the Latin American equity team. He is active with company boards and has helped grow the equity portfolio to a value over € 100 million. After working as a professor and consultant in South America, Tom initiated and managed the Emerging Markets Fund at Newport Pacific Management. The firm was purchased by Bank of America. Tom returned to his home state of New Mexico to co-found one of the first U.S. private equity impact funds and serve as Managing Director, building a portfolio of investments.
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